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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv May 26
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      sometimes when I talk about really elaborate ways to avoid blocking someone, I get a response that's like, "why not just block?" and I think I'm really hypersensitive to pissing someone off so much that they hunt you down on other channels, etc. might be some childhood shit...

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    2. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv May 26
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      I think I probably estimate my odds of being murdered by a hater higher than most men with my kind of following. I think women are generally more sensitive to this i'm not saying I walk around afraid, but it's a thing I could genuinely see happening in my lifetime

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    3. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv May 26
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      "lol who wants to murder some guy on twitter" it's not that I'm on twitter, but there are certainly people in the world who think I shouldn't exist, and act accordinglyhttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/990237868885868544 …

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      Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv
      Fun fact: my existence is literally blasphemous to some people https://www.huffingtonpost.in/kathir-vincent/they-killed-my-husband-sa_b_9900086.html …
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    4. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv May 26
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      Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted 𝟕𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔬

      Oh man I am extremely 100% behind this. User not found is the right approach, I would feel a lot better about it. Going to advocate for thishttps://twitter.com/7imoncello/status/1265528769919561730 …

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      𝟕𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔬 @7imoncello
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      Also the way Twitter has it set up like “YOU’VE BEEN BLOCKED BY” vs Instagram’s “User not found” makes it feel slightly more extra on this app
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    5. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv May 26
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      v different energy. I can imagine someone getting angry about receiving "You're blocked" – how fucking dare he??? but if it's "user not found" it's more like "huh weird" a really motivated hater will whip themselves into a fury anyway, tru, but the app doesn't have to incite itpic.twitter.com/YMIHrsqJQI

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    6. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 27
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      I wish there was a way to just “hit the back button for you.” “Sorry you don’t like my stuff. The Internet is full of things you’ll like better. *deprioritizes my stuff in your bubble* There, now you only find me if you seek me out. May you find happiness.”

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    7. Dio‏ @shrinetothevine May 27
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      Doesn't soft blocking effectively do that?

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    8. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 27
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      Replying to @shrinetothevine @visakanv

      It doesn’t if e.g. you’re densely connected in their social graph, since people they follow will cause your stuff to appear in “their” feed.

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    9. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 27
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      Some people will respond to this positively, by muting you, but some people either don’t know that is an option or, and this is one of my heretical beliefs about the world, affirmatively prefer having someone to lash out at periodically than to be bored.

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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 27
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      Replying to @patio11 @shrinetothevine @visakanv

      Twitter could choose a different path, to e.g. automatically deprioritize content you will find annoying. I think they don’t, extremely intentionally, because content you find annoying/offensive/etc is great for engagement.

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        2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 27
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          Replying to @patio11 @shrinetothevine @visakanv

          “Why do we keep coming back to this hellsite?” say users who are unaware that a product team has extensively considered the issue and come to the conclusion that it being a hellsite is a core part of the value proposition.

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        3. Dio‏ @shrinetothevine May 27
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          Replying to @patio11 @visakanv

          Good point about the algo surfacing your tweets if you have a lot of mutuals. Never quite thought of that. But yeah, hellsite is definitely a feature, not a bug.

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